Phillis Wheatley

Essential Questions

How did Phillis Wheatley influence American History?
How did her work affect people?

Introduction

Phillis Wheatley was the first African American poet in the 18th century. Phillis was a slave when she was 7 years old; her slave owners, the Wheatley family, taught her how to read and write. The Wheatley family was her inspiration to write poetry. Her poems were about
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